Strict Constructionalists -
people who believe people can only
do what the constitution tells it to
Loose Constructionalists -
people who believe that you can do
whatever they want as long as the
constitution doesn't directly forbid it.
Were these more of the elders deciding
this?
Counter Points : 2/10/11
Alexander Hamilton, 1791 -
“Every power vested in a Government is in its nature sovereign, and includes … a right to employ all the means requisite [necessary], and fairly applicable to the attainment of the ends of such power; and which are not percluded by restrictions & exceptions specified in the constitution.”
Do things that can still be done because the constitution isn't exactly stating that they can't do certain things.
Thomas Jefferson, 1791 -
“To take a single step beyond the boundaries thus specially drawn around the powers of Congress, is to take possession of a boundless field of power, no longer susceptible of any definition…. The Constitution allows only the means which are “necessary,” not those which are merely “convenient” for effecting the enumerated powers.”
Doing things outside the constitution cannot keep things in order.
Opinion or Fact?
These are opinions because the are arguing over a constitution that is not even fully developed. They have two sides of different aspects of this constitution and it isn't written down yet what is right and what is wrong. For example we know for a fact there is a constitution but there are different opinions on how to interpret it.
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people who believe people can only
do what the constitution tells it to
Loose Constructionalists -
people who believe that you can do
whatever they want as long as the
constitution doesn't directly forbid it.
this?
Counter Points : 2/10/11
Alexander Hamilton, 1791 -“Every power vested in a Government is in its nature sovereign, and includes … a right to employ all the means requisite [necessary], and fairly applicable to the attainment of the ends of such power; and which are not percluded by restrictions & exceptions specified in the constitution.”
Do things that can still be done because the constitution isn't exactly stating that they can't do certain things.
Thomas Jefferson, 1791 -
“To take a single step beyond the boundaries thus specially drawn around the powers of Congress, is to take possession of a boundless field of power, no longer susceptible of any definition…. The Constitution allows only the means which are “necessary,” not those which are merely “convenient” for effecting the enumerated powers.”
Doing things outside the constitution cannot keep things in order.
Opinion or Fact?
These are opinions because the are arguing over a constitution that is not even fully developed. They have two sides of different aspects of this constitution and it isn't written down yet what is right and what is wrong. For example we know for a fact there is a constitution but there are different opinions on how to interpret it.
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